Madlib, producer for tracks by Kanye West, Mos Def and MF Doom, filed a lawsuit Thursday against Eothen “Egon” Alapatt, former manager of Stones Throw Records and founder of reissue label Now-Again.

Black Star, the legendary underground rap duo of Yasiin Bey (fka Mos Def) and Talib Kweli, have been teasing a long-awaited followup to their classic 1998 debut Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star ...

The post Black Star Announce No Fear of Time, First Album in Over 20 Years appeared first on Consequence. Black Star, the self-proclaimed “best alliance in hip-hop” made up of Talib Kweli and Yasiin ...

Last week, Talib Kweli and Yasiin Bey announced that their seminal hip-hop supergroup, Black Star, would be returning with their first new album since 1998’s cult classic, Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are ...

When the world first heard Mos Def's 2006 album, "True Magic," an offering executed with such apathy that copies were sold without liner notes or cover art, there was plenty of reason to worry that ...

Black Star have shared the first track from their upcoming album No Fear of Time, which is Yasiin Bey (fka Mos Def) and Talib Kweli’s first album together since their 1998 debut. “Mineral Mountain” ...

One of the most influential hip-hop groups of all time is back and will release its second album later this year. That’s right, the duo of Talib Kweli and Yasiin Bey (formerly Mos Def), along with ...

Yesterday (June 3) reports hit the net that Mos Def’s new album, The Ecstatic, had been pushed back to August, but Pretty Flaco’s new label Downtown Records has denied the rumors. In an email the ...

Haha I didn’t know Mos Def was such a big DOOM fan! Watch him chilling in the studio spitting some DOOM lines, talking about how sick DOOM is. Got Born Like This yet? Saw the video at Nah Right. He ...

"There has to be a change," Mos Def opens his 2009 return to form The Ecstatic (Downtown), "and the only way it's going to be built is with extreme methods." Strong words — except they aren't Mos ...

Black Star, the legendary hip-hop duo comprised of Yasiin Bey (formerly known as Mos Def) and Talib Kweli, has officially announced their first album in almost 24 years, No Fear of Time. The followup ...